Saturday, June 30

Another busy day in NYC.  We started the day at the American Natural History Museum. 

This museum is dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt.  That is his statue in front of the museum, although it is hard to see.  This is the same museum that was featured in the movie, Night at the Museum.  We saw some great exhibits.  It was not the greatest place to take pictures but we got a few of our favorite things.

We watched an IMAX film about two women in Africa, one who rescues orphaned elephants and one who rescues orphaned orangatans.  Their stories were amazing. 

There were a wide variety of taxidermy displays with animals from all around the world.  They included habitat, life span, range, food sources and all kinds of interesting information.  It was very comprehensive.

If you watched the movie--Here's Rex.  We didn't see him fetch a bone.  :o)

 After the museum, we did some more exploring through Central Park.  Unlike earlier in the week, the weather has turned hot and humid.  It's not too bad though, and Central Park offers lots of shady spots to enjoy.

After we had wandered for awhile, we went back to the hotel to cool off and get a little rest.  After that, we felt highly invigorated and decided to set out for a little bit of NYC style shopping.   Where else would we go but the world's largest department store--Macy's.  There are 9 floors of shopping in this store and somehow, we didn't buy a thing. 

My favorite feature--the wooden escalators. 





 We also got a nice shot of Grand Central Station from the outside.